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Egypt paper promotes polygamy for women
[Al Arabiya Latest] An article promoting polygamy for women published in an independent Egyptian newspaper has caused a stir as one MP filed a lawsuit calling for a trial and several lawyers lobby the government to ban a television series about the same topic.The article, "My Four Husbands and I," published on Dec. 11 in al-Masry al-Youm, was written by Saudi T.V. journalist, Nadine al-Bedair, and called for women to have the right to marry more than one man as part of gender equality. In the article, Bedair asks why men have the right to get bored of being with one woman and therefore have the right to marry another three, while women do not. "A man would say, 'I am bored. She has become like a sister to me. I am no longer sexually attracted to her.'... Here's what I call cheating begins since traditions and the clerics provide men with the remedy to the ailment of boredom," the article reads. Bedair then asks what happens when the woman gets bored as well or rather if she has not been enjoying her marital life from the very beginning. "But a woman does not cheat, not because she is not bored. In fact, she might have not felt one ounce of pleasure since the very first night of this arranged marriage. But traditions and the clerics force her to stay at home and shut up."
"Until then, the question remains: What happens when I am bored of him or if I feel he is like a brother to me?"
Posted by: Fred 2009-12-17 |
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